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General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Carolina University

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General Hospitality Administration/Management at Western Carolina University

If you plan to study general hospitality administration/management, take a look at what Western Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 11,639 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 37 hotel and restaurant management majors received their bachelor's degree from WCU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Hospitality Administration/Management section at the bottom of this page.

WCU General Hospitality Administration/Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management

WCU General Hospitality Administration/Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the hotel and restaurant management progam at WCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hotel and restaurant management major at WCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Hospitality Administration/Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 49
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 56
Most Popular General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools 67
Most Focused General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools 90
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 124
Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools 161

Hotel & Restaurant Management Student Demographics at WCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the hotel and restaurant management majors at Western Carolina University.

WCU General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of hotel and restaurant management bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

WCU Gender Breakdown of General Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management at WCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in hotel and restaurant management.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of General Hospitality Administration/Management Majors at Western Carolina University
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

WCU also has a doctoral program available in hotel and restaurant management. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Hotel & Restaurant Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in hotel and restaurant management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Food Service Managers 5,680 $59,340

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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